(Gray News) – President Donald Trump has ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed on Wednesday while speaking at a university campus in Utah.

“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” the president announced on his Truth social account shortly after the fatal shooting.

The 31-year-old was married and had two children.

FILE - President Donald Trump shakes hands with moderator Charlie Kirk, during a Generation Next White House forum at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Kirk, a founder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, was speaking at Utah Valley University w

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